King Vidor
Birthday: 1894-02-08
Place of Birth: Galveston, Texas, USA
Biography: King Wallis Vidor (February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned nearly seven decades. In 1979, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for his "incomparable achievements as a cinematic creator and innovator." He was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Director, and won eight international film awards during his career. Vidor's best known films include The Big Parade (1925), The Crowd (1928), Stella Dallas (1937), and Duel in the Sun (1946).
Movies
It's a Great Feeling
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big b...
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Love & Money
An investment planner, bored with his job and his girlfriend, is given the opportunity to help open ...
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, ...
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Northward, Ho!
Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest Passage f...
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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Overview of director King Vidor's filmography....
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist....
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven wit...
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Show People
Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic s...
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Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics
A meditation or film-essay on metaphysics, perception, and the purpose and progress of mankind....
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Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the ...
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1925 Studio Tour
A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and giv...
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Metaphor: King Vidor Meets with Andrew Wyeth
Vidor and Wyeth discuss the influence of The Big Parade on Wyeth and the use of metaphors in art...
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Our Daily Bread
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bra...
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of c...
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Faith
A father who despises his daughter, a boyfriend who refuses to marry the girl he knocked up, and a m...
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Federico Fellini's Autobiography
Federico Fellini was one of the most individual and thought provoking directors who based most of hi...
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